Our Research

The Prod­uct Pur­chase and Project Activ­i­ty Track­ing Study is a com­pre­hen­sive overview of prod­uct pur­chas­es, track­ing inci­dence, spend pur­chase loca­tion, use, and more.

Join us as we wel­come Scott Hazel­ton of IHS Mark­it present expec­ta­tions for the econ­o­my and the home improve­ment prod­ucts mar­ket for 2023 and beyond.

The home improve­ment industry’s only prod­uct focused size of mar­ket study.

The Prod­uct Pur­chase Track­ing Study is a com­pre­hen­sive overview of prod­uct pur­chas­es, track­ing inci­dence, spend pur­chase loca­tion, use and more.

Begin­ning in 2022 HIRI launched this quar­ter­ly track­er, the spir­i­tu­al suc­ces­sor of the Con­sumer Project Plan­ning Sur­vey done pre­vi­ous­ly. Like the Con­sumer Project Plan­ning sur­vey, a pri­ma­ry goal of this sur­vey is to deter­mine what types of projects and activ­i­ties home­own­ers are plan­ning on under­tak­ing with­in the next three months.

Join us while we wel­come Chris White, Senior Ana­lyst as Parks Asso­ciates as we take a deep­er look into the smart home.

Sim­i­lar to the HIRI US Ref­er­ence Guide, this report con­tains an overview of sta­tis­tics rel­e­vant to the Cana­di­an home improve­ment market.

Under­stand con­sumer pur­chas­ing dynam­ics regard­ing 16 home improve­ment prod­uct cat­e­gories, and how those dynam­ics might have changed com­pared to pri­or years. Areas explored include retail shop­ping activ­i­ty, the aver­age amount spent, retail­er pur­chase rea­son and sat­is­fac­tion, cross-cat­e­go­ry pur­chas­ing and more.

This cus­tom research high­lights the growth of smart home devices and solu­tions, includ­ing the increased val­ue of tech­nol­o­gy, role of the home net­work and Wi-Fi solu­tions, and the impact of the pan­dem­ic on home improve­ments and sec­ond home ownership.

Begin­ning in 2022 HIRI launched this quar­ter­ly track­er, the spir­i­tu­al suc­ces­sor of the Con­sumer Project Plan­ning Sur­vey done pre­vi­ous­ly. Like the Con­sumer Project Plan­ning sur­vey, a pri­ma­ry goal of this sur­vey is to deter­mine what types of projects and activ­i­ties home­own­ers are plan­ning on under­tak­ing with­in the next three months.

HIR­I’s US Ref­er­ence Guide is a 200+ page guide of at-your-fin­ger­tips-facts relat­ed to home improve­ment. The guide con­tains sec­tions on home improve­ment mar­ket size, nation­al pop­u­la­tion, employ­ment, income, con­sumer expen­di­tures, and housing.

This report presents esti­mates and fore­casts of the mar­ket for home improve­ment prod­ucts in Cana­da. Fore­casts include Con­sumer and Pro­fes­sion­al pur­chase esti­mate, both total and by Province and mer­chan­dise line.